So where does the legislature and, for that matter Governor Scott, stand on the Alimony Reform Bill (Senate Bill 718) at this moment?
Well, in brief, it looks like this:
The Florida House adopted the bill slammed through the Florida Senate +(SB 718)
- A second engrossed (so they still keep changing the "final" version) was published April 24th.
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The bill sits on
+ Governor Rick Scott’s desk. - The Governor must sign or veto the legislation within 15 days of receipt, or it automatically becomes the law without his signature.
Now my colleagues tell me ( I was just at a Broward County family law seminar on Fridaya this week is D-Day. So, Governor Scott can sign the bill or sit on his hands. Either way it will become the law unless he vetoes the bill.
Here’s the rub...even if +Governor Scott has to foresight to see that the Alimony Reform Bill may alleviate a certain class of individuals from these individuals’ personal financial drain, and exercises his veto power, the bill can return to the House and Senate, and with 2/3rds vote, IT AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES LAW!
Tomorrow I’ll take you through a scenario that the special interest groups ignored, and the legislature failed to contemplate. Specifically, you’ll see how ALL OF US will end up paying the price by transferring economic responsibility from the individual to society. In this instance, really bad economic theory about to become reality in Florida.
Alimony in general and lifetime alimony in particular are the biggest wealth distribution scam in America. A marriage, of any duration, does not justify 3 times the alimony. How is it even logically possible that when the payer retires he or she can continue to pay. The mediator will tell you when working out the support agreement that you can always go back to court to have it modified. This may or may not be true and either way it goes the scum bag attorneys will get their $10,000. The system is a racket in need of change.
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